Peak holiday travel period to begin soon

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The holidays are accelerated approaching and radical volition soon beryllium hitting the roads and skies to get to their friends and family.

"90% of vacation travelers are going to beryllium driving to their destination," AAA bluish California spokesperson, John Traenor stated.

"That means astir 14 cardinal Californians are going to beryllium driving connected the agelong roadways this vacation week."

Traenor says with Christmas and the archetypal time of Hanukkah connected a Wednesday this year, the question play is simply a spot tricky.

"We truly expect radical to commencement traveling connected Saturday, December 21st and we've extended this forecast each the mode to January 1st," Traenor explained.

"The person you get to Christmas Eve the busier it's going to get with Christmas Eve and Christmas Day being benignant of the lightest question days."

Traenor says astir volition get stuck successful immoderate signifier of postulation unless you program accordingly.

"We ever urge earlier 10 am, but if you tin bash it earlier than that earlier 8 americium is truly what I find to beryllium the champion clip to debar traffic. If you're good driving precocious astatine night, thrust aft 7 pm," helium said.

In the Central Valley, fog whitethorn beryllium an contented connected roadways during immoderate of those engaged question days.

"Make definite your lights are on," Traenor advised. "You privation to springiness other country betwixt the idiosyncratic successful beforehand of you and down you. You privation to marque definite you're arsenic disposable arsenic possible. If you bash person to propulsion disconnected to the broadside of the road. For example, marque definite your 4 ways are on."

If you're flying for your vacation celebrations, Airlines for America expects Friday, December 20; Sunday, December 22; Thursday, December 26; Friday, December 27; and Sunday, December 29 to beryllium the busiest question days nationwide.

Fresno Yosemite International Airport says the busiest times are 4 americium to 6 am, 11 americium to 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight.

"If you usually get determination 2 hours early, get determination 3 hours early," Traenor said.

"You privation to marque definite you get things similar a parking spot and get prepared for agelong TSA lines."

The airdrome recommends passengers download hose apps to get real-time updates connected formation status, boarding times, gross numbers and immoderate different important announcements.

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